Short report:
Conference was good, my 2 posters had a fair share of interested people, the Sheraton hotel sucks, Vancouver is a very cool town and I ran into a whole bunch of Dutchies.
The only pic of the conference:
More pics HERE.
Long report, part 1:
On Tuesday July 25th I left Pittsburgh at 6 am and spent most of the day travelling with a lay over in Chicago.
I arrived at the Sheraton in Vancouver in the afternoon. Upon checking in I got the response that my credit card didn't work. To which I replied I only have a debit card since I'm a foreigner working/living in the USA and as such do not have any credit history.
Then she tried my card as a debit card but for some reason she could only deduct $600 from it, prompting her to say I was only good for 3 days and that she would try again later and leave me a message.
After dropping my bags in my room and refreshing I went out for a walk in downtown Vancouver and really liked the atmosphere. Lots of shops, people up and about but not too crowded.
I also had to buy some shaving cream since I forgot to pack it.
On Wednesday morning I decided to get some breakfast and had 1 cup of tea, 1 jus d'orange, a croissant and a piece of bread. Total cost $15.
Lesson learned: go to Starbucks which is in the hotel as well, one floor lower and costs for a Blueberry muffin (yumyum) and a drink are substantially lower.
Shortly after the breakfast experience the conference started with a day long workshop on eye movements and we got a good and interesting overview of the current state of research on this topic.
Note: no drinks were supplied during the afternoon break. By mistake?
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